Volume 32 No. 1 Issue No. 123. Spring 2018
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14 ‘The clovered Irish’
Niall Mac Coitir explores the origins of the shamrock as a symbol of Ireland.
17 The biography of an axe
Ros Ó Maoldúin and Ed Danaher consider the life story of a Neolithic shale axe, from source to deposition.
21 An Irish dig Down Under
Susan Arthure describes investigations at a nineteenth-century clachan at Baker’s Flat, South Australia.
26 Know Your Monuments: Post-medieval marginal farming
Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey outline an indicative perspective of marginal farming in post-medieval Ireland.
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30 Charitable constructions
David Kelly and Tadhg O’Keeffe discuss Richard Boyle and the evidence for almshouses in seventeenth-century Youghal.
35 Dungarvan’s spare castle
Dave Pollock describes recent investigations at Gallows Hill motte in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
38 Beaches, fields and landing grounds
James O’Neill assesses the concrete and steel defence heritage of the Derry coastline.
44 Decrypting the dead
René Gapert and James Barry describe the Earls of Barrymore DNA Project in Castlelyons, Co. Cork.
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49 St Willibrord’s Carlow connection
Dermot Mulligan explains links between County Carlow and the patron saint of Luxembourg and the celebration of an unusual pilgrimage tradition.
Archaeology Ireland Spring 2018
